Greek speculations upon a gentleman eccentric – Jones at Lyndhurst.

I found that it was little less difficult to procure beds at Lyndhurst during the race week, contemptible as I had imagined the sport would be, than at Doncaster or Epsom at a similar period. The landlord of the inn at which I put up, however, had, to increase the number of his rooms, hit upon a contrivance which I have sometimes seen practised in country inns to meet extraordinary demands for accommodation. This was, to divide such rooms as were large enough to be divisible by means of a temporary wooden partition, which slid in grooves, and could be removed when no longer wanted.